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Monday, 9 January 2017

Hello, and Happy New Year. I did intend to write an end of
year post, but it didn’t happen for various reasons, mainly that I had a cold virus
which dragged on for weeks, going away and returning a few times. It’s now more or
less gone, apart from a cough, which is hanging about for longer than it should. I did
write an end of year post for my alter-ego neetsmarketing's blog though, neetsmarketing Two Years On.

I’ve read a few old neetswriter blog posts over the
past week, and I do go on a bit about getting my book 2 finished! It’s
still not done despite all of my promises to myself (although it did move forwards quite a bit in 2016), but last week, I did
something new: I found a mentor, and I’m feeling positive about the whole
thing. I’m not going to say who it is, as I don’t want to spoil this new writing
development in any way, but if all goes well, I of course will shout this
person’s name from the rooftops. My goal is to get book 2 completed and to
start book 3 by the end of 2017. Let’s see how it goes. I’ve already (almost-we’re
just sorting the date) booked in a writing retreat with some fabulous and
encouraging writing friends for the spring.

A bit of good writing news too: my short story, The
Reminiscence Tea has been highly commended in the Writers’ Forum magazine’s short
story contest (issue #184, February 2017). This is
the first short story I’ve completed with success, so I'm very pleased.

Here’s to a good writing year in 2017 for all the writers
out there!

And in typical neetswriter blog tradition, here’s an
uplifting beach photo to remind us of what summer looks like.

About Me

Writer and Freelance Social Media Manager with clients in the world of books. Used to work in the City, as manager to a structured derivatives documentation team. Studied French and Italian at university and lived in Siena, Italy. Writer of historical fiction set in 18thc Venice and English country houses. Short story, The Reminiscence Tea highly commended in Feb 2017 issue of Writers' Forum magazine. Associate Member of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Former Social Media Manager for the Historical Novel Society (Aug 2014- 4 Sept 2016) and Publicity Officer for #HNSOxford16. Find out more via my website: www.neetsmarketing.com